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Split decision deals blow to Trump administrationâs anti-diversity agenda, calling the ban âarbitrary, and based on animusâ
Transgender troops can remain in the US military, but the armed services can continue to block their enlistment, an appeals court ruled on Monday in a split decision with potentially significant consequences for the Trump administrationâs anti-diversity agenda.
The divided, majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for Washington DC is expected to be challenged by the government. And the case is ultimately likely to reach the US supreme court.
Continue reading...Interns were pressured into recording other clubs
Head coach says he did not know actions broke rules
Southamptonâs head coach, Tonda Eckert, initiated the practice of spying on opponents, according to new documents which also show that an intern tasked with recording rival training sessions was assured the âmanager loved itâ.
Southampton were expelled from the Championship playoffs last month after they were found to have spied on Oxford United, Ipswich and Middlesbrough. Eckert is under investigation by the Football Association and newly published remarks from the panel that rejected the clubâs appeal against their expulsion lend credence to the belief that he was central to the project.
Continue reading...I Knew It, I Knew You is written with longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff and marks a return to Swiftâs country roots
After days of speculation online, Taylor Swift has announced the release of a new original song for Toy Story 5.
Titled I Knew It, I Knew You, the single will be released on 5 June, with CD singles available for preorder on Swiftâs website. Three variants will be available, each containing different versions of the song: a piano version, an acoustic version and the original.
Continue reading...Addresses media for first time since losing friends in car accident
Former world champion to return to ring in tune-up for Tyson Fury bout
Anthony Joshua has stressed that rather than coming to terms with his own grief after the car accident in which two of his closest friends died last December, his primary focus has been on helping their parents. As he prepares to resume his career next month, Joshua said: âIâm just there for their parents. Number one is being a good soldier for them. Gotta look after the boysâ parents.â
Asked if he had felt compelled to bury his pain since he was injured in the accident in Nigeria which took the lives of Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, Joshua said: âEveryoneâs different. Me, I have to put my emotions to the side because I focus on the parents. My emotions can come at a later stage. I really look at the parents and I understand it must be most difficult for them. So I donât make it about me, I make it about them. I make it about the mums and the dads of the two boys.â
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Van alle emancipatiebewegingen is die gericht op kinderen toch wel de allergeestigste, en dan bedoelen we niet de oorspronkelijke versie, die ervoor zorgde dat kinderarbeid en kindermishandeling in het verdomhoekje kwamen, maar de huidige, moderne variant, gericht op het voorkomen van kinderdiscriminatie. Leuke gevolgtrekking daarvan vandaag op de opiniepagina's van Trouw, waar een lezer lijkt te bepleiten dat politici er aan moeten bijdragen dat kinderen een onbezorgde jeugd hebben kinderen ervoor moeten zorgen dat de politiek beter gaat functioneren. "Verder moeten kinderen echt een stem krijgen bij de besluitvorming," lezen we. "Dit betekent dat iedere gemeente een kinderburgemeester en kinderraad krijgt, iedere provincie een kinderprovincieraad en dat in Den Haag ook een kinderadviesraad zal moeten komen." Ja weet je, het zijn schatten van schepsels, maar eerst maar eens je bord leeg eten zonder daarbij zowel tafel als voorhoofd als handen als kin als oren als wangen als nek te besmeuren met bolognesesaus, dank.
WARSCHAU (ANP) - De Nederlandse 3x3-basketballers zijn het WK in Warschau goed begonnen. Zowel het mannen- als het vrouwenteam, dat de titelverdediger is, won de eerste twee groepswedstrijden.
Het viertal bij de mannen, met olympisch kampioenen Worthy de Jong en Jan Driessen en verder Bryan Alberts en Daen van Tilborg, won in de groepsfase van Nieuw-Zeeland (21-13) en China (22-10).
De basketbalsters begonnen met een zege op Tsjechië (12-8) en waren later maandagavond ook met 19-13 te sterk voor Azerbeidzjan. Van het team dat in 2025 de wereldtitel veroverde in Ulaanbaatar spelen Noor Driessen en Ilse Kuijt mee. Lotte van Kruistum en Zoë Slagter zijn de teamgenoten in de Poolse hoofdstad.
De 3x3-basketballers nemen het woensdag op tegen Japan en Duitsland. De vrouwen treffen dezelfde dag Madagaskar en Polen.
CHICAGO (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - McDonald's wil meer kwaliteit gaan bieden. De fastfoodketen kondigde maandag een vernieuwde strategie aan, waarbij het bedrijf onder meer wil inzetten op luxere kipgerechten, aantrekkelijkere restaurants en nieuwe speeltuinen. Volgens topman Chris Kempczinski past dit in de brede verwachting van de consument die "meer eist voor zijn geld".
McDonald's wil bijvoorbeeld met "handgepaneerde kipvleugels" fastfood minder als fastfood laten aanvoelen. Volgens de topman is extra kwaliteit nodig, omdat de consument de lat hoger legt voor de restaurantketen. Mede door stijgende inflatie en afnemend consumentenvertrouwen moet er volgens hem "meer ervaring worden geboden". Het bedrijf wil zo onder meer concurreren met kipfastfoodrestaurants.
Om dit alles te bewerkstelligen denkt Kempczinski dat McDonald's efficiënter moet worden en de productiviteit per vestiging moet verhogen. Anders kunnen de franchisenemers niet investeren in de modernisering.
Er is een politiek akkoord bereikt tussen de EU-lidstaten en het Europees Parlement over het voorstel van de Europese Commissie voor de Terugkeerverordening. De Terugkeerverordening gaat zorgen voor meer mogelijkheden voor terugkeer van mensen die niet in Nederland mogen blijven. Bijvoorbeeld vreemdelingen van wie de asielaanvraag is afgewezen.
The original Star Wars movie was a mashup. George Lucas and his collaborators pulled from everywhere: westerns, samurai movies, Flash Gordon, and a 1955 war film called The Dam Busters. This video shows just how closely the attack on the Death Star mirrors a scene from The Dam Busters of a group of bombers attacking a dam. The dialogue is identical in places. From the Dam Busters Wikipedia page:
Director George Lucas hired Gilbert Taylor, responsible for special effects photography on The Dam Busters, to be the director of photography for the film Star Wars. The attack on the Death Star in the climax of Star Wars is a deliberate and acknowledged homage to the climactic sequence of The Dam Busters. In the former film, rebel pilots have to fly through a trench while evading enemy fire and fire a proton torpedo at a precise distance from the target to destroy the entire base with a single explosion; if one run fails, another run must be made by a different pilot. In addition to the similarity of the scenes, some of the dialogue is nearly identical. Star Wars also ends with an Elgarian march, like The Dam Busters.
You can also watch Star Wars footage with Dam Busters audio and Dam Busters footage with Star Wars audio to see just how closely the two scenes match.
Given modern IP concerns and stakes, it’s difficult to envision this type of homage working today. Star Wars came out just 22 years after The Dam Busters, which is a beloved & acclaimed movie in Britain…it’s not obscure. Imagine a movie released in 2026 by a young Academy Award-nominated director that lifts a scene wholesale from a 2004 film like The Notebook, The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, or Million Dollar Baby â it just wouldn’t happen without a lot of lawyerly conversation. I mean, maybe Lucas had those convos with The Dam Busters filmmakers… đ€·ââïž
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Musician Joe Negri, well known as Handyman Negri and the owner of the music store from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (beginning at 6:10), has died, just days before his 100th birthday. Here he is performing in a song from his composition Mass of Hope.
"Een bakkie?" Gastvrij als de vader van Frenkie de Jong is, serveert hij op deze zonnige middag aan de Prinses Margrietstraat in het Zuid-Hollandse dorp Arkel een vers kopje koffie. Net als twee jaar geleden. Toen een maand voor het EK van Oranje, nu een maand voor het WK.
Op de Kilweg in Barendrecht zijn een auto en lijnbus maandagavond met elkaar in botsing gekomen. De automobilist is ter controle naar het ziekenhuis gebracht, niemand in de bus raakte gewond. Beide voertuigen hielden flinke schade over aan de klap.
Ira Sandler, owner of 1015 Folsom for 40 years, has passed away. 48 Hills and DJ Dials have some nice words. RIP to one of the absolute legends of nightlife. He was a huge inspiration to so many.
Dell has introduced a redesigned $699 XPS 13 aimed squarely at Apple's budget MacBook Neo, offering a premium aluminum design, touch display, backlit keyboard, Wi-Fi 7, 512GB of base storage, and various other configuration options. Dell's machine costs more than Apple's entry model but tries to justify the difference with lighter weight, better display specs, and upgrade paths Apple doesn't offer. "The XPS 13 begins at $699 -- students can purchase it for $599 -- while the MacBook Neo costs $599 and drops to $499 for education buyers," notes Bloomberg. From the report: Dell's product allows for more configuration, with up to 32GB of memory compared with the Neo's nonupgradeable 8GB of unified memory. Its display can also produce a wider spectrum of colors and supports refresh rates up to 120 hertz, while Apple reserves its best screens for the pricier MacBook Pro line.
The inclusion of a backlit keyboard should allow for easier typing in dark conditions. Dell has also tossed in other nice-to-have upgrades over the Neo like more robust Wi-Fi 7 wireless networking. As for battery life, Dell is touting "up to 17 hours of streaming" versus a comparable 16 hours on the Neo.
Still, the XPS comes with compromises of its own: Unlike the Neo, there's no built-in headphone jack, which means owners will need to rely on its quad-speaker audio system, use Bluetooth earbuds or plug a headphone adapter into one of the two USB-C ports. You can learn more via Dell.com.
The inclusion of a backlit keyboard should allow for easier typing in dark conditions. Dell has also tossed in other nice-to-have upgrades over the Neo like more robust Wi-Fi 7 wireless networking. As for battery life, Dell is touting "up to 17 hours of streaming" versus a comparable 16 hours on the Neo.
Still, the XPS comes with compromises of its own: Unlike the Neo, there's no built-in headphone jack, which means owners will need to rely on its quad-speaker audio system, use Bluetooth earbuds or plug a headphone adapter into one of the two USB-C ports. You can learn more via Dell.com.
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